ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1993                   TAG: 9303170339
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT STUART, ARMON BLAND

STUART, Armon Bland, 87, of Bedford, died Sunday, March 14, 1993. He was born in Montgomery County September 27, 1905. He was predeceased by his wife, Lora Bland Stuart; and one daughter, Martha Belcher. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and James Keister, Bedford; son and daughter-in-law, Charles E. and Anna Stuart, Midland, Pa.; a son-in-law, R.D. Belcher, Bedford; six grandchildren, Mary Jane Wilkerson, George D. Belcher, Richard W. Belcher, Emily Stuart, James Stuart Keister and Fredrick Hampton Keister; four great-grandchildren, Matthew Wilkerson, James Charles Keister, Jacqueline Belcher and Kayla Belcher; four sisters, a twin sister, Iris Blankenship, Nellie Ratcliff, Ocie Brugh, Sadie Graham; two brothers, Reginald Stuart, Enis Stuart, all of Roanoke. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside, Halls Church Cemetery, Ironto, 1 p.m. Friday, March 19, with the Rev. Steven W. Greer officiating. Friends may call Oakey's North Chapel Thursday, March 18. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.



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